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* THE GREAT GATSBY BY Francis Scott Fitzgerald contents NO.1 About THE Author NO.2 Background NO.1 The Author’s Life ⅠBorn on Sep24th,1896 in a rich business family Ⅱdeveloped his interests in writing in middle school time Ⅲ fell in love with Zelda in 1918 Ⅳ married Zelda in 1920 they indulge themselves in wine and sensuality,this also led to the poverty in their later life Ⅴ died of heart disease at the age of 46 No.2Achievements ★the representative author of the Lost Generation, ★ the great poet of the Jazz Age ★His work 1920 This side of paradise 天堂的另一边 1921 Flappers and phlosophers 姑娘们和哲学家们 1922 Tales of the jazz age爵士乐时代的故事 The Beautiful and Damned漂亮冤家 1925 The great Gatsby 了不起的盖茨比 1926 All the Sad Young Men所有悲哀的年轻人 1934 Tender is the Night夜色温柔 unfinished work The Last Tycoon 最后一个巨头 NO.3 Writing style (1)semi-autobiographical (2)he showed great interests in the south America (3)He created a new kind of women character---------- fashionableindependent courageous. The Jazz Age describes the period after the end of World War I, through the Roaring Twenties, ending with the onset of the Great Depression. Background Jazz Age *